# Dale, Iowa

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**Dale** (also known as **Dale City**) is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Guthrie County](/source/Guthrie_County,_Iowa), [Iowa](/source/Iowa), United States.[1]

## History

Dale was laid out in 1856 by John Lonsdale.[2] A [post office](/source/Post_office) operated in Dale from 1852 to 1922.[3]

Dale was formerly called Allen from 1852 to 1856, [Morrisburgh](/source/Morrisburg,_Iowa) from 1856 to 1865, and Dale City from 1865 to 1883 before its current name.[3]

The population was 32 in 1940.[4]

## References

1. [*History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hSFPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA472). Continental Historical Company. 1884. p. 472.

1. [*The Attorneys List*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ). United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 297.

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